Best Elementary Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2445)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
361146000903	1011	Washington Street School	Public	PK, KG-6	760 Washington St	Franklin Square	11010	Nassau County	Franklin Square Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 505-6995	794	62	12.8	14.1%	453 (57.1%)	20 (2.5%)	191 (24.1%)	108 (13.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.1%)	$16,737			$1,184			$15,553	55.8	62.2	866	145
362832003816	1012	Sloatsburg Elementary School	Public	K-5	11 Second St	Sloatsburg	10974	Rockland County	Suffern Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 753-2720	223	23	9.8		93 (41.7%)	23 (10.3%)	79 (35.4%)	10 (4.5%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.7%)	$24,815			$1,713			$23,102	55.7	65	792	220
361938001770	1013	Alden Place Elementary School	Public	3-5	41 Alden Pl	Millbrook	12545	Dutchess County	Millbrook Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 677-4220	169	18	9.2	29.6%	124 (73.4%)	5 (3.0%)	23 (13.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.9%)	$16,627			$574			$16,053	55.7	63.6	829	184
361071000845	1014	Ann G McGuinness Elementar School	Public	K-5	1301 Union Center Main Hwy	Endicott	13760	Broome County	Union-Endicott Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 757-2131	317	26	12.3	47.0%	244 (77.0%)	26 (8.2%)	13 (4.1%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.8%)	$13,790			$2,182			$11,608	55.7	47	1244	230
362010001844	1015	Traphagen School	Public	PK, KG-8	72 Lexington Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5060	322	29	11.1	53.7%	31 (9.6%)	198 (61.5%)	80 (24.8%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$21,414			$1,834			$19,579	55.6	57.2	992	23
361845001660	1016	William Appleby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	24 Albro Rd	Marathon	13803	Cortland County	Marathon Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 849-3281	406	42	9.6	50.7%	404 (99.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,618			$2,200			$9,418	55.6	43.5	1348	332
361485001236	1017	Big Flats School	Public	PK, KG-4	543 Maple St	Big Flats	14814	Chemung County	Horseheads Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 739-6373	388	28	13.9	30.2%	340 (87.6%)	4 (1.0%)	19 (4.9%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	$14,576			$947			$13,629	55.6	53.8	1067	50
361086000856	1018	Fabius-Pompey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7800 Main St	Fabius	13063	Onondaga County	Fabius-Pompey Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 683-5857	286	21	13.6	30.4%	270 (94.4%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$15,119			$952			$14,166	55.6	33.4	1640	622
361506001258	1019	Hunter Elementary School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-9	7794 Main St	Hunter	12442	Greene County	Hunter-Tannersville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 263-4256	186	25	7.4	44.6%	157 (84.4%)	1 (0.5%)	17 (9.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.8%)	$26,308			$5,226			$21,082	55.5	55.3	1034	15
361866001691	1020	Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	75 Bayley Rd	Massena	13662	St. Lawrence County	Massena Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 764-3730	410	35	11.7	67.3%	339 (82.7%)	10 (2.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$15,127			$3,181			$11,946	55.3	62.1	872	148

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math, NY State Assessments Science test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.